Houses are built to ______ and not to look on. live in

The 16 th of January Home, Sweet Home

A detached house A semi-detached house A cottage A mansion

a large house; stately residence; joined to another house by a common wall; a small house, especially in the suburbs or the country; separate from others.

Almost everybody in Britain dreams of living in a ____________; that is a house which is a __________building. A small detached house, surrounded by a _________ensures privacy. Most people try to avoid living in ___________. Flats, they feel, provide the least amount of _________. If you want to buy a house, you can go to an __________. These companies act as “go-betweens” for people _________and _________houses. You can also spot houses for sale by the “___________” signs which are put up on wooden __________outside the houses concerned. detached house separate garden block of flats privacy estate agent buying selling For sale posts

Put down the descriptive words and phrases.

Create and role-play a dialogue about houses in Great Britain. Make use of the active vocabulary.